Horticulture

Procurement of onion under PSF during 2017-18 and its disposal

As per direction of Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India, Nafed procured 5136.742 MTs of onion directly from the farmers in open auction in Lasalgaon, Maharashtra and Alwar Mandies, of Rajasthan under Price Stabilization Fund (PSF) of Govt. OF India during the month of September 2017 to March 2018.

Procured onion stocks after its preliminary sorting and grading were dispatched to delhi for sale through Mother Dairy (SAFAL) outlets and Nafed Adat shops at Azadpur, Delhi. Services charge of Rs.34.61 lakh was earned in the operation.

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National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd.(NAFED) was established on the auspicious day of Gandhi Jayanti on 2nd October 1958. Nafed is registered under the Multi State Co-operative Societies Act. Nafed was setup with the object to promote Co-operative marketing of agricultural produce to benefit the farmers. Agricultural farmers are the main members of Nafed, who have the authority to say in the form of members of the General Body in the working of Nafed.